Movie Cosmos - Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island

Description:

After a covert mission goes wrong, Mobile Suit pilot Amuro Ray and his comrades are stranded on a remote island. The battalion was sent to a land called the Island of No Return to clear off any enemy forces, only to find a group of children and an enemy mecha attack. Now Amuro must find a way for them all to escape this mysterious land, but not before meeting a strange man—Cucuruz Doan.

Top Cast >

Toru Furuya

As Amuro Ray (voice)

Shunsuke Takeuchi

As Cucuruz Doan (voice)

Ken Narita

As Bright Noa (voice)

Toshio Furukawa

As Kai Shiden (voice)

Megumi Han

As Sayla Mass / Letz Cofan (voice)

Hideki Nakanishi

As Hayato Kobayashi (voice)

Tomofumi Ikezoe

As Sleggar Law (voice)

Satomi Arai

As Mirai Yashima / Haro / Kikka Kitamoto (voice)

Misato Fukuen

As Fraw Bow (voice)

Takashi Kondo

As Job John (voice)

Takuya Eguchi

As Oscar Dublin (voice)

Keisuke Komoto

As Marker Clan (voice)

Shinji Kawada

As Ritsma (voice)

Kenta Matsumoto

As Olsen (voice)

Yasutaka Tomioka

As Omur Fang (voice)

Ayaka Asai

As Barbara / Katz Hawin (voice)

Naomi Kusumi

As Gopp (voice)

Hiroshi Naka

As Johann Ibrahim Revil (voice)

Hiroshi Shirokuma

As Elran (voice)

Katsuyuki Konishi

As Staff Officer (voice)

Kouichi Sakaguchi

As Tem Ray (voice)

Kaho Kouda

As Kamaria Ray (voice)

Takumi Yamazaki

As M'Quve (voice)

Makoto Yasumura

As Uragang (voice)

Atsushi Miyauchi

As Egba Atler (voice)

Yoji Ueda

As Wald Ren (voice)

Koji Yusa

As Yun Sangho (voice)

Shizuka Itoh

As Selma Livens (voice)

Yuu Hayashi

As Danan Rashica (voice)

Yuma Uchida

As Marcos (voice)

Fu Hirohara

As Cara (voice)

Noriyuki Nagatake

As Amado (voice)

Callum Vinson

As Lope (English version, voice)

Shuichi Ikeda

As Char Aznable (voice)

Top Crew >

Yoshikazu Yasuhiko

Director

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (6/10)

"White Base" pilot "Amuro" is injured after a conflict on the "Island of No Return". He awakens to discover that he is being cared for by a group of youngsters led by "Doan" and after he helps them fix their water supply, is more warmly welcomed into this slightly sceptical group. Soon, though, aircraft arrive carrying "Zeon" robots and it's only then that we realise that "Doan" has a past - and together with the young "Amuro" they must arm themselves and strive to defeat their attackers. I did quite enjoy this but the story (based on characters from the 1979 television series) takes far too long to get going, it relies heavily on us already understanding the battle context of the characterisations, and I found the standard of animation here a bit limited. The ending hasn't really the least jeopardy to it, and the presence of the youngsters on their island dragged what pace there was down quite effectively. That said, it does move along well enough offering us messages about the value of teamwork, loyalty etc. but I just felt it was all just too lacking of any substantial - and interesting - narrative.

2022-09-24